In court, the prosecuting attorney asks an eyewitness several very leading questions. Such questioning is most likely to cause which of the following memory problems?
a. own-race bias
b. focus on weapons
c. the "best guess" phenomenon
d. source monitoring error
Answer: D
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a. She can avoid contaminating the child's memory by having conversations about events in the toddler's life. b. She can enhance the child's memory by having conversations about events in the toddler's life. c. She can focus exclusively on praising the child for major events during toddlerhood. d. She cannot influence this process.
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false